Life By The Numbers
Devlin Keith
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Inc
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Description: 214 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This Book Reveals How Wizards Are Using Maths To Bring Dinosaurs To Life And Many Other Results In Sport. The Companion To The PBS Series.
Publishers Description: Keith Devlin reveals the astonishing range of creative and powerful ways in which scientists, artists, athletes, medical researchers, and many others are using mathematics to explore our world and to enhance our lives. On this tour you will explore deep-sea volcanoes with oceanographer Dawn Wright, go behind the scenes of blockbuster movies with special-effects designer Doug Trumbull, and probe the strange lives of viruses with microbiologist Sylvia Spengler. Listen to astronomer Robert Kirshner describe how he is charting the curve of space; discover how biologist Mike Labarbara visualizes the way a Tyrannosaurus rex carried its massive frame; and, along with brain researcher Brad Hatfield, peer into the mind of an Olympic markswoman at the moment she takes a shot. Glimpse a future of wearable computers and silicon "butlers" with computer scientist Pattie Maes, and watch a lilac come to life on screen with "computer botanist" Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz.
ISBN: 0471240443
(116548)
